Financial fiddling

The country's major newspaper publisher, Zimbabwe Newspapers, may not only have the recently launched Daily Gazette to worry about. Reports say there could have been some financial fiddling within the…

Beef problems looming

Poor planning by the government coupled with the current drought could once again plunge the country into another food crisis, this time the shortage of beef. Although the government had…

Chidzero, down but not out

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister, Bernard Chidzero, may have lost the post of secretary-general for the United Nations but the international community has not yet completely forgotten about him. This seems to…

Business interests take upper hand

Zimbabwe's commercial interests are increasingly taking the upper hand over ideological ones. The country which once refused to recognise South Korea or Taiwan recently entertained a South Korean delegation which…

Can Smith really be a saviour?

Former rebel leader, Ian Smith seems to be slowly weaving his way back into politics, thanks to the current discontent which is increasingly leading most people, especially the older generation,…

UN cautious on Mozambique

After bungling in Angola, the United Nations has adopted a more cautions approach towards the Mozambique ceasefire which should ultimately lead to the first multi-party elections since the country won…

Where does Zimbabwe stand?

Zimbabwe is slowly plunging into deeper debt as it implements the World Bank and IMF sponsored Economic Structural Adjustment Programme, which it claims is homemade. Minister of state for Finance,…

ESAP, religion and hardship

ESAP with its various interpretations ranging from Eternal Suffering for the African People to Enormous State Approved Poverty is now here to stay. Its effects are beginning to bite almost…